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Municipal Solid Waste Recovery and Recycling

Puangrat Kajitvichyanukul, Yung Tse Hung

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    Abstract

    © 2014 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Recycling is a series of activities that includes collecting recyclable materials that would otherwise be considered waste, sorting, and processing recyclables into raw materials, and manufacturing them into new products. In this chapter, the collection of recyclable materials in both developed and developing countries are reviewed. The physical and chemical recycling methods are also included with necessary engineering calculation. Finally, the marketing of recyclable materials is also depicted.

    Original languageAmerican English
    Title of host publicationHandbook of Environment and Waste Management: Volume 2: Land and Groundwater Pollution Control
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2013

    Keywords

    • Material recovery facility
    • Recyclable material
    • Waste recovery
    • Waste recycling
    • Waster separation

    Disciplines

    • Civil and Environmental Engineering

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